Accent Stainless Steel, a Canadian-based manufacturer of stainless steel processing equipment used in the food and beverage, agriculture and pharmaceutical industries, broke ground on their new 50,000 square foot facility located in Loris Commerce Park, Horry County, South Carolina.
This facility will be the first American headquarters for Accent Stainless Steel. The company’s $3.1 million investment will create 65 new, high-skilled manufacturing jobs averaging $22 per hour, which is approximately 65 percent higher than Horry County’s current average wage.
As the micro-brewing industry continues to rapidly grow in North America, the company’s President and Technical Director, Brad McQuhae, saw this expansion as an opportunity to locate their American headquarters and US production closer to some of their biggest clients in that industry. The expansion to the US East Coast will generate significant logistics savings for the company and will allow additional business opportunities in the region.